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Mission critical failure I finally gave up on this dual wan router. Our use is mission critical. Whenever this router would lock up and cease to function, I would have to travel to our office all hours of the night or weekend to power cycle it to resume service. I installed every firmware upgrade for the past nine months, with hope that this time the freeze ups would be fixed. I could no longer tolerate the poor service. I have replaced this router with a single WAN port Dlink (I had to give up using the dual WAN months... [Read 's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 (FVX538) at Amazon.com] |
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Lots of Problems - Works Great if You Can Get it To Work I basically have mixed feeling about this router. My company was looking for a new router that can handle more LAN traffic, provides VPN functionality, and support two WAN lines with failover or load balancing. This is the only router (that I can found) that provides all these features at a very reasonable price. Basically, it has a lots of features and functionality for a small business environment - only if you can get them to work. Basically, if you are only going to use this router for a... [Read 's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 (FVX538) at Amazon.com] |
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Great product I'm very pleased with this product and I highly recommend it:
- The setup has been a breeze including setting up VPN connections from dynamic clients as well as from another router (a Cisco/Linksys RVS 4400N).
- The performances are phenomenal (e.g. VPN set up time...)
One recommendation: make sure you upgrade your firmware in the first place (so that you don't lose your previous configuration parameters)...
One comment to the NetG... [Read 's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 (FVX538) at Amazon.com] |
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Works great Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: more than 1 year
Pros: This thing works as advertised. I don't use the Dual Wan ports but I use alot of tunnels. I also have the QOS setup and it works great.
Cons: Earlier firmware had a lot of issues. Upgrade to the latest asap.
Other Thoughts: For a small business or home office, this is a very solid router. The only bug I have encountered lately is a DHCP reservation bug wher... [Read bhoth's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 (FVX538) at Newegg.com] |
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Overview
High-performance, Manageable Dual WAN Security Firewall
At the heart of your office network, NETGEAR’s high performance security appliance, ProSafe® Dual WAN VPN Firewall offers a complete security solution for small and medium-sized companies.This rack-mountable, stateful packet inspection (SPI) firewall is equipped with support for up to 200 security associations (VPN tunnels). The FVX538 can serve as a DHCP server, supports Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Quality of Service (QoS) and has a powerful SPI firewall to protect your PCs against intruders and most common Internet attacks.
Featuring eight auto-sensing 10/100 Mbps LAN ports, one Gigabit LAN port and two 10/100 WAN ports, the ProSafe® VPN Firewall FVX538 lets multiple computers in your office share two Internet connections. The dual WAN ports let you connect a second Internet line as a backup to insure that you’re never disconnected. One LAN port can be dedicated as a hardware DMZ port for safely providing services to the Internet without compromising security on your LAN.
Richer Security
This powerful VPN Firewall extends security from the network core to the perimeter by preventing unauthorized network access using a SPI firewall, blocking denial-of-service (DoS) and other attacks, encrypting traffic traveling across the Internet.
Capacity To Spare
Dual WAN ports support two broadband connections. A second WAN port supports an additional broadband connection. This second WAN connection may be configured as a failover connection in case the primary connection fails or can be used to balance the workload by distributing traffic across the two connections for optimal per-user bandwidth.
Superior Value and Usability
Competitively priced and SNMP manageable, convenient VPN Wizard gathers basic information about your networks and recommends a VPN solution with supporting instructions. Bundled with NETGEAR’s ProSafe VPN client software (VPN05L) — a five-user license is included. Virtual Private Network Consortium (VPNC) certified VPN supports secure data connectivity and transmission over the Internet and ensures interoperability with many other popular security products.
Specifications
Physical Interfaces
LAN ports: Eight (8) 10/100 Mbps auto-sensing, Auto Uplink™ RJ-45 ports; one (1) Gigabit 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN port; one LAN port can be dedicated hardware DMZ port
WAN ports: Two 10/100 Mbps Ethernet RJ-45 ports with auto fail-over and load balancing
Serial port: One console port for command line interface (CLI) support
Security Features
SPI firewall: Stateful packet inspection (SPI) to prevent notorious denialofservice (DoS) attacks, including logging, reporting and email alerts, address, service and protocol, Web URL keyword filtering, prevent replay attack (reassembly attack), port/service blocking. Advanced features include block Java/URL/ ActiveX based on extension, FTP/SMTP/RPC program filtering
VPN functionality: Two hundred (200) dedicated VPN tunnels, Manual key and Internet Key Exchange Security Association (IKE SA) assignment with pre-shared key and RSA/DSA signatures, key life and IKE lifetime time settings, perfect forward secrecy (Diffie-Hellman groups 1 and 2 and Oakley support), operating modes (main, aggressive), fully qualified domain name (FQDN) support for dynamic IP address VPN connections.
IPsec support: IPsec-based 56-bit (DES), 168-bit (3DES), or 256-bit (AES) encryption algorithm, MD5 or SHA-1 hashing algorithm, AH/AH-ESP support, PKI features with X.509 v.3 certificate support, remote access VPN (client-to-site), site-to-site VPN, IPsec NAT traversal (VPN pass-through)
Mode of Operation: One-to-one/many-to-one Multi-network Address Translation (NAT), classical routing, unrestricted users per port
IP Address Assignment: Static IP address assignment, internal DHCP server on LAN, DHCP client on WAN, PPPoE client support
Performance Features
Throughput:
LAN-to-WAN: up to 80 Mbps
3DES IPsec tunnel: Up to 30 Mbps
Management Features
Administration interface: SNMP (v1b, v2c) support, telnet, web graphic user interface, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) remote management, user name and password protected; secure remote management support authenticated through IP address or IP address range and password; configuration changes/upgrades through Web GUI.
Configuration and upgrades: Upload and download configuration settings, firmware upgradeable flash memory
Logging: SYSLOG, email alerts
Functions
VPN Wizard to simplify configuration of the VPN, auto detect to automatically detect ISP address type (static, dynamic, PPPoE), port range forwarding, port triggering, exposed host (DMZ), hardware DMZ, enable/disable WAN ping, DNS proxy, MAC address cloning/ spoofing, Network Time Protocol NTP support, keyword content filtering, email alerts, DHCP server (info and display table), PPPoE login client support, WAN DHCP client, diagnostic tools (ping, trace route, other), port/service, Auto Uplink on switch ports and Quality of Service (QoS).
Protocol Support
Network: IP routing, TCP/IP, UDP, ICMP, PPPoE
IP addressing: DHCP (client and server)
Routing: RIP v1, RIPv2 (static routing, dynamic routing)
VPN/security: IPsec (ESP, AH), MD5, SHA-1, DES, 3DES, IKE, PKI, AES
Maintenance
Save/restore configuration, restore defaults, upgrades via Web browser, display statistics, logging, SYSLOG support
Hardware Specifications
Processor: 533 MHz Intel XScale IXP425
Memory: 32 MB flash, 64 MB DRAM
Encryption accelerator: Cavium Processor up to 60+ Mbps (3DES+SHA-1) encryption
Power requirements: 100-240V AC, 50-60 Hz, 15W Max
Dimensions: 33 x 20.3 x 4.4 cm (13 x 8 x 1.75 in)
Weight: 2.01 kg (4.42 lb)
Environmental Specifications
Operating temperature: 0º to 40º C (32º to 104º F)
Operating humidity: 90% maximum relative humidity, non-condensing
Warranty
Switch: NETGEAR Lifetime Warranty†
Power supply: NETGEAR 3-year Warranty
Package Contents
ProSafe Dual WAN VPN Firewall with 8-port 10/100 Switch (FVX538)
Ethernet cable
Rack mount kit
Installation guide
Resource CD with five user license of ProSafe VPN Client Software
Warranty/support information card
NETGEAR Related Products
Accessories
ProSafe VPN Client Software (VPN01L and VPN05L)
ProSafe Network Management Software (NMS100)
Wireless
ProSafe 802.11g Access Point (WG102)
ProSafe Dual Band Access Point (WAG102)
WG302 ProSafe 802.11g Access Point Ordering Information
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Europe: FVX538EU
Asia: FVX538AU
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